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Written for educators (and parents) who believe that all children deserve the best education we can give them, this book encourages and enables you to recognize and nurture giftedness in children as young as age four. Look inside to find a wealth of proven, practical strategies and tchniques you can start using immediately to: identify giftedness (and avoid the pitfalls of stereotypes and politics)infuse your classroom with an atmosphere of wonder and an attitude of acceptance and understandingrecognize and teach to multiple intelligencespresent the curriculum in creative and challenging waysassess and document students's development -- and make the best use of standardized testsbuild partnerships with parents and enlist their support.

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A highly readable and comprehensive book for identifying and educating the younger children among the gifted. We highly recommend it to all teachers and parents who want to give the best possible education to their gifted children in the preschool and primary grades. --Gifted Education News-Page

<p> A highly readable and comprehensive book for identifying and educating the younger children among the gifted. We highly recommend it to all teachers and parents who want to give the best possible education to their gifted children in the preschool and primary grades. --Gifted Education News-Page

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Joan Franklin Smutny is the Director of the Center for Gifted at National-Louis University in Evanston, Illinois. Sally Yahnke Walker, Ph.D., is a consultant, an educator, an advocate for gifted children, and the Executive Director for the Illinois Association for Gifted Children. She has piloted programs to create a broad-based level of support for talented students in public school districts, provided in-service training for teachers, and facilitated workshops for parents of gifted children. Elizabeth A. Meckstroth, M.Ed., M.S.W., is the Coordinator of the Gifted Resource Center in Evanston, and has counseled families of gifted children for over 15 years.

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